Two Haiku Review:…read more Unexpectedly Solid Chinese food, serving Both American And traditional Fare. Waiter was great, practiced My Canto with him.

2026 May 15: 1) carrot cake they made themselves 2) fish with spicy bean paste 3) mixed hot pot 3)…read morestring beans 4) beef short ribs two orders

I'm back! I'm all by my lonesome here. It's 2:30 so it's very slow. The restaurant is located on…read more436G Vernon Tpke in Vernon, CT. This is Sichuan cuisine and American Chinese. The music is very Americanized. Ive always loved this place! For my drink, I'm having a Scorpion Bowl. A Scorpion bowl is a communally shared alcoholic tiki drink served in a large ceramic bowl traditionally decorated with wahine or hula-girl island scenes and meant to be drunk through long straws. Bowl shapes and decorations can vary considerably. Starting off as a single-serve drink known as the Scorpioncocktail, its immense popularity as a bowl drink in tiki culture is attributed to Trader Vic. This is good! I love the cute bowl! It's pretty big too for "just one." For my first item, I'm having a cup of hot and sour soup. Hot and sour soup is a variant of hulatang or "pepper hot soup" (Chinese: 胡辣汤) that originated from Henan cuisine. Also popular in Southeast Asia, India, Pakistan, and the United States, it is a flexible soup which allows ingredients to be substituted or added depending on availability. For example, the American-Chinese version can be thicker as it commonly includes corn starch, while in Japan, sake is often added. This is real good! It goes well with pepper. This one is especially thick. It was served in under a minute. The pepper really adds to the flavor! Next up, I'm having the Chili Pepper and Preserved Egg. Century eggs (also called preserved egg or 100-year egg) also known as alkalized or preserved eggs, is a Chinese dish made by preserving duck, chicken, or quail eggs in a mixture of clay, ash, salt, quicklime, and rice hulls for several weeks to several months, depending on the processing method. Oh my! Nice garnish. These are delicious! It's quite spicy too! Beware. I think the chili peppers are minced into a sauce. For my next item, I'm having the Bean Jelly in a Spicy Vinaigrette. This is really liangfen or "cool rice noodles. It is also spelled liang fen, is a Chinese legume dish consisting of starch jelly that is usually served cold, with a savory sauce, often in the summer. It is most popular in northern China, including Beijing, Gansu, and Shaanxi, but may also be found in Sichuan and Qinghai. In Tibet and Nepal it is called laping and is a common street vendor food. In Kyrgyzstan it is an ingredient in a noodle dish called ashlan fu. Wherever they call it, like it! Jelly made out of beans is very odd. This bowl is huge! Yes, it's spicy! It's nicely garnished too. I love the numbing peppercorns! For my entree, I'm having the Hot Spicy Bowl (with chicken) - very spicy. Dry pot chicken, also referred as hot pot chicken, is a dish served as a dry hot pot, cooked with chili pepper, garlic and chicken, by fast frying the chicken in oil. Dry pot chicken is but one type of hot pot dish. The seasoning, ingredients and cooking methods are similar to the more common "wet" hot pots, but dry hot pots do not have the soup base. I like the soup base (which is why I order this). This is good! It came out quick, is super hot, tasty and very spicy! For my next drink, I'm having Maker's Mark on the rocks. That's it. No sweet vermouth or bitters here. Oh this is strong! I don't often have straight liquor on the rocks! For dessert, I'm having the Sweet Sesame Paste Filling Rice Balls. balls. Sesame sweet rice balls usually refer to either Tang Yuan (boiled glutinous rice balls with a molten black sesame filling) or Jian Dui (crispy deep-fried sesame balls coated in seeds). That serve the former. It is served in hot rise water. I love these things! What a great meal here!

Had it delivered and got wontons in spicy oil, eggrolls & spicy cucumbers. All was good. The…read morewontons had nice heat and cucumbers was great too. The eggroll was yummy, requested peanut sauce for it and it was good.

We got take out 2 entrees 2apps food was good but only got 1 small container of white rice . A…read morelittle disappointing

The food here is delicious and the menu offers a great variety of dishes. Everything we tried was…read morereally good. The staff were very friendly and attentive, making the whole experience even better. The restaurant has a cozy and cute atmosphere, perfect for a relaxed meal. I also love that you can adjust the spice level, and there are plenty of non-spicy options as well. A great place for family dining. Highly recommend

We are from the Milford Ct area in Northampton to see a show at Iron Horse- and gave it a try…read more The food was outstanding and service was friendly and efficient. Small spartan dining area - food is star of the show

Two Haiku Review:…read more Apparently one Of the top 100 best Chinese restaurants in America, I Can believe it! Biang biang mian Was very solid!

Absolutely love this place! My go to spot for take out or a casual meal in west Hartford…read more Everything they make is so authentic and packed with flavor. Almost every single we've ordered is certifiably crave-able (my mouth is watering thinking about it right now!) and loved my entire family. My favorites: the green beans (!!!), cucumber with minced garlic, any of the dumplings, shredded pork with 5 spices tofu (an acquired taste!) and any of their beef entrees. We've had amazing fried rice too but then forgot what we ordered and the chicken fried rice wasn't as good... still delicious though! Will definitely add more pictures as I continue to go pretty much every Sunday!

I've tissue on occasions in the past and mostly have searched for hot and spicy fair. The slice…read moretrip I went with shrimp and scallops. They arrive sizzling and were very delicious. All the ingredients were very fresh. I was extremely impressed with the variety and quantity of mushrooms in the dish. It's a lovely little restaurant and very different than most Chinese restaurants. I would say it's probably my favourite in Connecticut.

First experience and thoroughly enjoyed it thanks in great part to Taj who was a fantastic guide!…read moreSuper informative, warm and knows all things hot pot! We were in good hands. Thank you!!!

Service was a bit slow during the busy dinner rush, but the food was worth the wait:)read more

Ordered chicken fried rice and there was very, very, very little chicken added. It was almost like…read moreeating just plain fried rice.

Really good sichuan food, giant portions, authentic…read more Been meaning to swing by this place. Often cited as one of the best sichuan places around, had to make the trek to see. Outside is very much a busy shopping plaza in not the best part of town. Inside is a completely different story. Very clean and spacious, lots of booths and tables. Decorated well and a lot to see. The staff were friendly but there was a slight language barrier. We fumbled through the menu and found some bites to try. Food came out relatively quick, and that was a bit to manage because there were a lot of plates brought rather quickly. We got pics and dug in. The bites were flavored well. Nothing felt too greasy or under seasoned. The white pepper chicken was very crispy. But not a lot of chicken on each bite. The sweet and sour soup was both sweet and sour, but balanced enough that you could keep on eating it. The dumplings were fresh noodles and the filling was spiced well. The only flop was the spare ribs. Really tasty sauce, but very little meat on the bone. Had to suck on the bones to scrape enough meat off to make it a proper appetizer. It tasted good, just was not easy to eat. Price for the area was high for the neighborhood. It's got the quality and the flavor to command that price easily, but it doesn't match the stores. It's really good, but know that you're getting the real deal sichuan experience. Expect some heat, some saucy fingers, and some bones, and you'll get some really good bites

The food was so good, chefs kiss…read more The service was very kind and my friends got a servers number but that was because he was flirting with her The ambiance was very beautiful

Came here for lunch and had shrimp dumplings, scallion pancakes, chicken lo mein and shrimp fried…read morerice. Portions were on the small side, but everything was delicious, ingredients fresh and the dishes themselves flavorful. Service was quick. I would definitely come back and recommend.

We're back! The restaurant is located on 310 Prospect St in…read moreHartford, CT. It is AYCE for $33! You can't go wrong here! For our first drink, we are having the y Lychee Martini made with Stateside vodka (yeah, no, Grey Goose please!), Bella Sprizz Elderflower Liqueur and fresh lychee. This is well garnished, chilled nice and tastes just perfect. These lychees are huge! I love this drink! For our appetizers, we are having the steamed vegetable dumplings, cucumber salad, fried pork strips and the Han Hot and Spicy Chicken Wings. Those spicy cucumbers are good! Those red peppers are spicy! I am doing the Share Two Flavor Classical Pot with two broths. They are Chengdu Hot & Spicy Soup made with bay leaves, fennel, Szechuan peppers, chili peppers, star aniseed, scallions and ginger. I am also having the Chinese Herbal Daily Soup made with goji We're back! The restaurant is located on 310 Prospect St in Hartford, CT. It is AYCE for $44! You can't go wrong here! For our first drink, we are having the y Lychee Martini made with Stateside vodka (yeah, no, Grey Goose please!), Bella Sprizz Elderflower Liqueur and fresh lychee. This is well garnished, chilled nice and tastes just perfect. These lychees are huge! For our appetizers, we are having the steamed vegetable dumplings, cucumber salad and things that the Han Hot and Spicy Chicken Wings. Those spicy cucumbers are good! Those red peppers are spicy! I am doing the Share Two Flavor Classical Pot with two broths. They are Chengdu Hot & Spicy Soup made with bay leaves, fennel, Szechuan peppers, chili peppers, star aniseed, scallions and ginger. I am also having the White Creamy Taste Soup made with evaporated milk, goji berries, tomato slices, scallion and ginger. Next step is to go up to the sauce station and create what you want. For our next drink, we are having the Mango Martini made with Absolut vodka, Cointreau, mango syrup, scholar's of pineapple and cranberry juice. Grey Goose for us, of course. For desert, we're having pistachio deserts. These are good! What a great meal here!, chinese yam, euryale ferox, lotus seed, Chinese date, langan, milkvetch, dangshen, scallion and ginger. Next step is to go up to the sauce station and create what you want. For our next drink, we are having the Mango Martini made with Absolut vodka, Cointreau, mango syrup, scholar's of pineapple and cranberry juice. Grey Goose for us, of course. For desert, we're having pistachio deserts. These are good! What a great meal here!

If you're new to hot pot, I encourage you to try it out…read more I came here with three others on a snowy weekend. All of us have lived in China, so this was a fun time for us. The menu is online, viewable by scanning the QR code in your booth, and at the end then you pay at the cashier not through the website. We each ordered the mini hotpot with two broths and got a table full of meats and veggies and even ordered a second round of meat (in hindsight, that was too much and we weren't able to finish it all). The sauce bar was fully stocked, and the ingredients were fresh. The bowls and spoons were a bit hard to find though and I had to ask for a staff member for help. The fruit bar was a bit empty, but there was enough for a dessert. The wait staff was very friendly, though they kept forgetting to refill our water, and we kept asking them about it. Overall, a great experience!

Great food, haven't had such a great Chinese food for a while everything we tried was amazing,…read moreservice was great, hot and sour soup, orange chicken, Mongolian beef, lo mein, fried rice the best,

I went here prior to a UMass hockey game, and was told ahead of time that it was functional Chinese…read morefood, but wasn't going to blow my socks off. Turns out, that was a very apt description. We arrived and got seated at a table with a very nice curved window view. I can imagine being here on a rainy or snowy day and getting to be surrounded by the weather while not having to get wet. The service was friendly, if mostly absent, and fast. This place mostly loses stars on the food. We had: wonton soup, miso soup, scallion pancakes, crab rangoons, happy family, tangerine chicken, and asparagus and snap peas with shrimp. The wonton soup seemed to be a beef broth soup, interesting change up from any wonton soup I've had before, a little salty and good wontons. The miso soup was also a good miso. The crab rangoons were too sweet and the wrapper too thick, thus making it chewy, but at least you could tell there was something in there beyond just cream cheese. The hunt for good crab rangoons continues. The scallion pancakes were very thick, but at least not greasy. The sauce was punchy and pleasant. The asparagus and snap peas with shrimp was positioned as having a light flavor, and that was very accurate. Almost like they were steamed and then served, but you could see a sauce coating them. The happy family was coated in a brown sauce that didn't carry much flavor either, but nothing was wrong either. The tangerine chicken was listed as one spicy out of three, and I'm happy to report they understand spicy rating. While the broccoli was chopped a tad large, the chicken was cooked very well, and you got just some spice on the back end with sweet on the front. Overall, nothing here was bad, but it also came across and middling. If you asked me to write this review a couple days from now I feel I'd have trouble remembering anything about this place except the window seat. I am willing to try some of the other aspects of the menu some time in the future, but I'm not sending anyone running here either.